Loading apparatus.



F. H. KNDL DEOD. E. H. KINDL, JR..ADMINISTRATORJ LOADING MPARATUS.

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f. H. KNDL, JR..ADMINISTRATOR.

LOADING APPARAIUS.`

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 21. 191s.

Patented May 26, 1914.

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r. H. KINDL, JR. ADMINISTRATOR.

LOADING APPARATUS. APPL'IGATION FILED JUNE 21, 1913.

Patented May 26, 1914.

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F. H. KINDL, DECD. I". 1I. KINDL, JR.,ADMINISTRATOR.

LOADING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 21, 1913.

Patented May 26, 1914..

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APPLIATEF FILED JUNE 21, 1913.

' Patented May 26,

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grammat'ic, of loading apparatus embodying I partly broken away,

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lto the accompanyingl drawings, forming UNITED STATES PATENT oEEroE.

FBEDERIGK n. EINDE. or PITTSBURGH, rNNsr'LVANrA; r. n; mman, JR., Enormes IRATOR or een) Hemmer. ai. meint, meeneemt.

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`btpccifeation'of Lettere Patent.

To -lill 'whom it may concern? Be it known that I, Flirnnuox H. KINDL, a 'eit'izeno'f 'the United States, residing 'at i'ttsburgh, 'in the county 'of .Allegheny and State ol' Pennsylvania, have invented a new 'and 'useful Improvement in Loadingr Apparatus, 'of which the following is 'a liu l, clear, and vexact description, reference being had part of this' specification, in which-1d Figure l 1s a side eieva'tion, partiv d1u- Fig. Zie a side elevation 'my invention.

'of Ia lportici of the apparatus. Fig. 2** is a diagrammatic Side elevation showing a modification. Fig. Qb is a side view showing another modification oit a portion o vthe apparatus. Fig 3 h' a View 'parti'y in elevation and partly in section of -another portion of the apparatus. Fig. 1 is a vertical sectie@ 'of a portionv e is a section 'on the line V-V of Fig. Y3. Fign isa view Parti .y in section and p'artly'in eiev'a'tion, .the plane of 4the section being on the line "VI- VI of Fig. SZ, and Fig. 7 is a similar View, the plane of the section bein'g ontiie line VIL-VH oi Fig. 2.

`My invention has' relation to for loadingr material sucli as coal, ore and the like inio the iioi'ds of vessels.

The object 'of my invention is' to provide l'oadin'g apparatus of this character which can be readily manipulated to meet the re the innleriai can be rapidly iian'dl'e'd andl loaded.

l'The nature 'of my linvention Wili be cest understood by reference to the accompany ing drawings,

will n'ow be described, it being premised, however, that 'various changes can be made in the 'detaiis of construction and arrangement "of the parts Without departing from the spirit and scope of my inventionas defined in the 'appended claims. in these drawings, the numeral 2 designates a traveling' crane mounted 'on the tracks 3 and navire;r the vertical tower brtion 'et and the u )Wardly extending overnanging boom T is boom comprises a hollow rectangular freine Work' 'of any suitable construction io'ading'npparatus, and more 'particuiariy to apparatus inv which I have shown 'the preferred embodiment thereof, and which' and withiwwhch is mounted .te travel a hoisting bucket 6. The lower end portion o'f the boom is provided with trunni'ons 7 which 'are lprrwded with Suitable bearings 8 in Athe lixed supports l?. yThe boom is io'eld atrtiie desired 'angular elevation 'by means of a cable 10 'passing around a 'pole il near die @per end 'of the boom 'an (around the .pulley l?. 'at th'e upperhend o the 'tower 4L, and 'thence "downwardly to a Winding drum 13 'driven by a suitable motor l121.-

'means of 'this 'motor -and tire pivotal mounting of 'tn'e boom, in the mann'er described, "the 'iatter ea'nibe heid in any desired angular position. nni'on'ed within .the fewer 'end portion of the 'boom a rotary bucket carrier l5 .whioh is generally somewhat similar to the rotary earrier which forms aA p'art of tire apparatus 'of my Parent No. 7 $1,772, of ctob'er 21,..

i902. This carrier forms a seat for -tiei bucket 6 when the 4letter is in Ifilling position 'at' the lower end of the boom.l .The

'imoke't is lowered into tni's.. carrier and tlie I 'carrier is tl'ien rotated lto bring the ouclret into ijiiiing rei'ati'on to the 'discharge l? of a Suitable 'iu'nppen'bin or storage receptacle 18, which is mounted on and 'carried by the traveiin'gfcrane 2. lTire tower portion of 4ire boom has secured thereto the `guide ,niefnibers 2O :formed with 1grooves 2l to receive and .guide die tiunnon's 2Q of the bucket. Each o ties'e ,qai'd' grooves iras an opening' QB te enter and release the trunnions 'when tire ioucket 'and earri'erare in tire positions sirow'n in Fig. 2. inasmuch as the bucket holder and bi'rclaet are required 'to maire oniy a part of 'a 'compiere revouton, it is not necessary 'to disengage tire bail rom tile icueiret.l may, therefore, out' away, tire guides for the bail, as indicated at 23a in Fig. 2* to permit the oaii iii 'to 'move with 'tiie iaiicket 6@ lto the positions'nown in dotted 'lnes.' The trunnion guides 93 msten'd oi being circular as in my said'patent, "(and 'as are the uidesin Fig. Q) may be 'of short arcuate orm.

in order to rotate the carrier from the position shown in Fig. 2 to a 'position in which .time open end '2i of thebucket will ine opposite the discharge j? of the hopper, thecarrier is provided at ea'c'li side with a Year segment 25.' These segments are relaiively engaged by gears 26 driven 'by pinions 27 on electric motor. 29.

the armature'siialt 2S 'of an 30 designates an adjustable gate for the discharge 17. y

3l is thev hoisting rope or cable attached to the bail 16 of the bucket and passing over a pulley 32 at the upper end of `the boom and thence downwardly to a Winding drum 33 mounted on the boom and driven by an electric motor 34 through suitable gears 35.

36 designates a carriage which is mounted for movement on the boom on the wheels or rollers 37, as best shown in Fig. 3. This carriage is provided with the brackets 38 having stop portions 39 which are designed to be engaged by studs or projections@ on the bucket when the latter is raised Within said carriage to the position shown in Fig.

raise the rlbucket to the 3.1ThJis engagementcauses the bucket to be tilted into 'the discharge position shown in `dotted lines in Fig.' 3. The bucket in' this position discharges on to the inclined por-7 tion 41 of the carriage which terminates in a short Vertical discharge chute 42. Pivoted to this discharge chute 42 is a chute-section 43; and pivoted to Vthe lower end section 43 is another chute section The pivot 45 which connects the two sections 43 and 44 is at substantially right angles to the pivot 46 which connects the section 43 to the chute 42. This gives the chute auniversal. movement by means of which it can be swung into any desired position. For the purpose of manipulating this chute, I provide the pivot shafts 46 `g/"ith sprocket gears 47 engaged by actuating chains 48. These chains pass aroxund sprocket pinions 49 on a shaft 50 which is driven through suitable gearing 51 from-'an electric` motor 52 mounted on the carriage 36. i

- 53 designates a winding drum operated by a motor 54 for raising and lowering the carriage 36 on the boom. A rope or cable 54x1 passes fromthe drum 53 over a pulley cn the sarneshaft as the pulleyy 32 and over another pulley 5,5. at the end lof the boom and thence tofa sheave or pulley 56 on the carriage 36. 'Instead of mounting the motors 34 and 54 and their winding drums and gearing on the boom, I `may place these parts on the platform 2 of the crane, as shown in Fig. 2%

The operation is as follows: Thebucket is lowered by means of the motor' 34 into the rotaryholder in the 2. The holder is rotated by the-motor 29 to bring the open end of the bucket opposite the discharge 17.. After the bucket is filled from the hopper 18.it is returned to the position shown 'in Fig. 2 and hoisted to dumping position. The motor 34 is then operated to position shown in Fig. 3 and tilt and dump it.

Where the apparatus is used ships, as illustrated in Fig. 1, chute 43 and wayinato the hold ofthe ship. manipulation of the. lonted c for loading the sectional By Proper utcl sections swung upwardly on its trunnions to a posi.

position shown in Fig.`

44 depends through a 'hatch-- ln order to clear the masts orv other superstructure of the ship in bringinv the apparel tus to loading position, the

tion such as that indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1. In the event of sparsvor other superstructures which cannot be cleared in this manner, the boom can be readily made with one or more telescopic sections so that it can be shortened while swinging it into and out of operative position. The entire cranecan be moved along-the dock from one hatchway to another or from one ship to another; and the carriage 36 can be moved on the boom so as to bring the discharge chute in proper relation to a hatchway. A

My invention provides loading apparatus which can be readily manipulated and by means of which material can be rapidly hanthe material to be loaded can be delivered into the hopper 18 in any suitable manner. F or instance, the crane can berun under a car dumping apparatus and the contents of 'a freight car directly dumped into the hopper; or it may be supplied 1n any other suit- I also desire it to be understood that various vchanges can be made in the construction ofthe crane and `its boom.; also in the details of the rotary carriage, and that various boom can be" other changes may be made in the construction and arrangement of the parts Within the scope of my invention. y What l claim is: l f' 1. LoadingV apparatus comprising-a crane, a hopper mounted thereon, a hoorn carried by the crane, a bucket' mounted fdr traveling on the boom, a rotary bucket holder .l

also mounted on the boom and adapted to receive the bucket, and means for rotating said holder to carry the bucket in filling re- ,lation to the hopper and' back into position ,to be elevated on the boom; substantially as described. f

2. Loading ,apparatus comprising a-traveling crane having a hopper or bin, a boom pivoted thereto, a. bucket mounted to travel on the boom, actuating means for the bucket,

a rotary holder'for the bucket also mounted on the boom, and means "for rotating said holder to move the bucket into filling rela.- tion .to the hopper or bin and then back in positlon lto be moved on the boom; substantiaBlly-Las described.

per or` receptacle for the material to be loaded, an upwardly extending inclined boom, a bucket holder rotatably mounted in -the lower portion of the boom, a bucket ar-I ranged to travel on the boom and to be moved into and out of the holder, and means for rotating the holder` to bring the bucket ading apparatus comprising a -hop-- .ing relation to the receptacle and back into position to be raised on the boom;'substan tially as described.

5. Loading apparatus comprising a traveling crane having a storage receptacleand an inclined over-hanging boom, a bucket holder pivoted on' the boom, means for actuating the holder' to more the bucket into filling relation with the receptacle and back into position to be raised on the boom, a carriage mounted for travel on the boom and into which the bucket is adapted Ito be raised, said carriage having means for engaging and effecting a dumping movement of the bucket; substantially as described.

6. Loading apparatus comprising a traveling crane having a storage receptacle and an inclined over-hanging boom, a bucket holder pivoted on the boom, means for actuating the holder tomove the bucket into filling` relation with the receptacle and back into position to be raised on the boom, a carriage mounted for travel on the boom and into which the bucket is adapted to be raised, said carriage having `means for engaging and eliecting a dumping movement of the bucket, and also havinga jointed discharge chute; substantially as described.

7. Apparatus of the character described, comprising a swinging boom, a bucket mounted for travel on said boom, a movable bucket holder at the base of the boom, the bucket being movable into and out of the holder and also movable therewith, and a .receptacle arranged to discharge into the bucket when the latter is moved with the carrier into proper relation to the receptacle; substantially as described.

8. Apparatus of the character described, comprising a structure having a bucket run way, a bucket mounted for travel on saidI runway, a movable bucket holder at the base of the runway,` the bucket being ino/*able into and out ot' theholder and also movable therewith, andra receptacle arranged to discharge into the budhet when the latter is moved with the holder into proper relation to the receptacle, substantially as described. i 9. Apparatus of the character described, comprising a structure having a bucket runway, a bucket mounted for tra-vel on said runway, a movable bucket holder at the base of the runway, the bucket beingpmovable v into and out of the holder and also movable therewith, areeeptacle arranged to discharge into the bucket when the latter is moved with the holder into proper relation with the receptacle, and means for controllingthe discl'iarge from the receptacle into the bucket; substantially as described.

l0. Apparatus of the character described, comprising a structure having a bucket runway, a bucket mounted for travel on said runway, a bucket holder at the base' of. the runway, vthe bucket being movable into and out of the holder and also movable therein, a storage receptacle arranged to discharge into the bucket when in the holder, and a chute adjustably mounted on the runway structure and into which the bucket is arranged to discharge when elevated on the runway; substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand.

FREDERICK H. KINDL.

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